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From the Principal’s desk…..

Issue No 16 01/06/2016

ELLY NEWS

In this issue:

Principal’s Report

Silent Auction Info

Student of the Week

Active Kids are Healthy Kids

School Diary

June 10th— Football & Netball Lightening Premiership

June 13th— Queens Birthday Holiday

June 17th—Reports sent home

June 20th—Silent Auction Finishes

June 22nd—Parent Teacher Interviews

2016 Term Dates Term 2: 11/4 — 24/6 Term 3:11/7-16/9 Term 4: 3/10—20/12 2017 Term Dates Term 1: 31/1 — 31/3

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3-6 Swimming A reminder that consent and medical forms were sent home last week for our Senior Swimming Program. These forms and payment are due back by Friday 24th of June. All students are expected to participate in this program and we are happy to assist parents with payment arrangements.

Head Lice

Thanks to our parents for your work in checking and treating head lice as required—we are certainly seeing improvements! Follow up checks are being made each day after our school wide screening last week and will be ongoing for any children identified with live lice, live or dead eggs until they are deemed to be clear by our trained staff. Remember that the confirmation of treatment slip must be returned by parents to acknowledge receipt and treatment. This is an important part of our home-school connection. Any child with live eggs or lice needs to report to the office on return to school after treatment so they can be checked before entering the classroom (as per our Headlice Policy—attached to newsletter). Our staff are more than happy to assist any parent having trouble treating their child.

A couple of points to note:

Treatment chemicals DO NOT kill eggs!

All eggs need to be combed out with a proper nit comb. This can be done using regular hair conditioner as this is cheap, easy to comb through and stuns the lice/eggs.

This combing needs to be done every day, and for 5 days after the last eggs are found.

Any child with long hair MUST have their hair tied up. Plaits/buns are recommended for longer hair as loose pony tails are more likely to allow the spread of lice.

Student Free Day Last Friday our Student Free Day was spent report writing and preparing curriculum for next semester. Thank you to our parents for supporting this important work. Notes regarding Parent Teacher Interviews have been sent home today. Please ensure you return these in a timely manner to ensure they are planned as efficiently as possible.

Cross Country Next Monday we have a number of students heading to Warrnambool to represent our district at the Regional Cross Country. Good luck to Connor C, Roisy I, Brady H, Toby S and Anna B! Parents please note: unfortunately there is no Colac bus running this year.

Contacting the Office There seems to be a bit of a pattern of parents calling the office to change student travel plans at the end of the day. I’m sure you can understand that the end of the school day is a busy time and last minute changes, be they bus alterations, pick up changes or anything else, provide further complication and unnecessary stress on both staff and students at that time. We understand that sometimes this is unavoidable, however we ask parents to communicate any changes to routine through the student diary, and if they must, via the office BEFORE 1:30pm. This allows staff time to ensure messages get through to students, and alleviates the last minute stress our students can experience when messages are left until late. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation with this.

Prep Uniform subsidy Just a reminder for those who haven’t yet claimed their entitlement under the Victorian Government’s Affordable Uniform Program where every Prep student in government schools who is a recipient of the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) automatically qualifies for a uniform pack voucher! The voucher can be used to purchase a jumper and pants from our school office. Please see Lorraine at the office for details.

Angela Hall Principal

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Canteen Friday June 3rd, 2016

Morning Supervisor: Danica Testa

9:00am:

Elizabeth Borsos, Karly Shaw,

Alisha McDonald

Afternoon Supervisor: Janet Walters

12:30pm: Priscilla Knight, Donna O’Reilly

INDO CORNER CLOTHES – PAKAIAN PANTS – CELANA PANJANG SHORTS – CELANA PENDEK SOCKS – KAUS KAKI SHOES – SEPATU SHIRT – KEMEJA JACKET – JAS SKIRT – ROK SARONG – SARUNG HAT – TOPI

Pak Gray

ACTIVITY IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL YEARS Physical activity is an important part of good

health. Being active everyday helps children to:

Maintain a healthy weight

improve concentration

Protect against diseases in later life

improve physical skills

Boost self-esteem and confidence

Improve cardiovascular & musculoskeletal

health

Provide social opportunities for children to

interact, learn, lead & follow

It is recommended school aged children participate

in a least one hour—and up to several hours—of

physical activity every day.

Very few children do 60 minutes of continuous

activity.

SILENT AUCTION! Thanks to an INCREDIBLY generous donation from Peter Handscomb and the Melbourne Stars

Big Bash team we have an authentic Melbourne Stars players shirt, autographed by the entire

BB05 team! The shirt comes with a certificate

of authenticity. The process will be as follows:

You have until Monday 20th of June to submit

your offer, using the below slip, in a sealed en-

velope to our school office. The envelopes will be time stamped and sealed. Then, on Tuesday

21st of June our P&F representatives will open all envelopes and the highest bid wins! The shirt

is available for viewing at the office. Good luck!

PARENTS & FRIENDS NEWS We are still looking for some interesting raffle ideas for our Christmas in July raffle. Please see Kerrin if you can help. We will also be doing a Bunnings BBQ in July to help sell raffle tickets so if you are an avid BBQer please put your hand up to help on the day, more details to follow closer to the day. Don’t forget our next meeting on Tuesday 14th June in the canteen at 2.30. Enjoy your long weekend with the kids. Cheers Kerrin Irvine. Thanks, Kerrin Irvine—Parents & Friends President

MELBOURNE STARS SHIRT SILENT AUCTION

I hereby bid $................................................... for the

shirt. I agree to make payment and arrange collection

of the shirt prior to Friday 24th of June.

Name: …………………………………………..

Signature: ……………………………………….

Name of EPS student: …………………………..

E.P.S 5c COIN FUNDRAISER

WHEN: Beginning Monday the 6th of June

The idea is to bring to school as many 5c coins as you

can. You might find them lying around the house, in

the car, fallen between the couch, on the ground etc…

The class who collects the MOST 5c coins will win a

prize.

The money raised will go towards fixing and improving

Big Park.

*ANY SILVER COINS ACCEPTED*

COLAC SECONDARY COLLEGE ENROLMENT FORMS If you are intending to send your Year 6 student to Colac Secondary College next year (2017) could you please make sure you return their enrolment form to the College by the 10th June. Kind regards Susi Lang Year 7 Community Leader

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STUDENT AWARDS Prep S Alyssah W for striving to achieve her personal best. Keep up the great work

Alyssah!

1/2T Madison B for being a helpful and responsible team member!

2G Jake D for being organised and responsible for his learning and for

persisting with his spelling.

3/4C Jack H for making huge improvements in terms of his behaviour and attitude

at school. Well done. It has been fantastic!

5T Grade 5 for demonstrating excellent manners, common sense and maturity.

6H Issajah G for showing a big improvement in his resilience.

Art Clare H for consistent effort and responsibility in Art.

Indonesian Connor C for enthusiastically engaging in the Indonesian role-plays.

Science Lori P for being ‘Scientist of the Week’. Her wonderful model of volcano is

explosive.

Sport Shay-Lee P for outstanding participation and contribution in P.E.

School Tiffany K for being responsible, making good choices and being positive

Values towards friends. Well done.

2017 CANTEEN Unfortunately next year we lose our amazing Canteen Manager—Sallee Sell. Sallee has been in this role

for a NUMBER of years and has done an exceptional job managing this service for both our kids, and our

school. The canteen provides the special treat of lunch orders each Friday for our students, but also con-

tributes a significant amount to our P&F fundraising each year, between $8000-$9000!

In order to comply with DET regulations we are seeking ‘Expressions of Interest’ in the various facets of

canteen management from our school community. These are voluntary positions and the various roles

require a variety of skills, time commitment and willingness. The roles are listed below. If you are interested

in any or all of these roles, please complete the return slip and send it back to school by the end of this

term (24th June). Once returned, our P&F executive will meet to determine the viability of our canteen

service in 2017 and beyond.

* Rosters * Ordering/Purchasing/Stock rotation

* Cleaning/Safety checks * Weekly Jelly making

* General organisation * Supervisor role on canteen days—

(requires Food Handling Certificate—training can be provided)

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I am interested in ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

and am willing to commit to this role for 2017.

Name: ……………………………………………………………… Signature: …………………………………………………………..

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